Wave-motor.



H. P. MOLANDER.

WAVE MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.3, 1913.

Patented June 2, 19M.

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MOLANDER, DE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

WAVE-MOTOR.

Application filed December 3, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that It, Hans ll lt'loLANnEn, a subject of the King of Sweden, residing at l ars Angeles, in the county of Les Ange es and State of @alifornia, have invented a new and useful Wave-ll/llotor, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wave motors and particularly to those actuated by the ho; pact of the waves or currents on flat paddles.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a mechanism which will be simple in design and which may be installed With- In the annexed drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only: Figure 1 is an elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. Sis a section on the lines m of Fig. 2. Fig. elis a perspective view of a portion of the structure showing the means of fastening the paddles. Fig. 5 is a view of the ratchet clutch. Fig. (3 is a view of the drive shaft and attached parts.

These drawings show a single pair of units, but it is evident that the number of such units may be changed without in any way affecting the question of patentability.

1n the drawings and 11 are a pair of beams supported upon a pier structure, not shown, below which a body of water 12 is allowed free motion. Supported on these beams are two paddle shafts 13 carried-in bearings 14 and 15. Carried on the shafts 13 are a pair of forging's 16 to which are secured members 17, These members are tied together at their lower end by suitable cross bracing shown at 18. Sliding freely between the members 17 are a second pair of members 19 which are tied together at the top by the cross piece 20 and at the bottom by the paddles 21 which are flat plates bolted to the members 19 by the bolts 22 and spaced apart therefrom by the spacers 28. Eye bolts 2 1 in the cross pieces 20 provide a point of attachment for the Elpecification of Letters l atent.

Patented June 2, 191%..

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cables The paddles 20 are raised and lowered in the members 17 by the cables 95 which passupwardly and over drums 26 which turn freely on the shaft 13 and which are provided with a spur gear 27 into which a'pinion 28 meshes. The pinion 28 is carried on a shaft 29 which turns in bearings 30 formed on an extension of the bearing 15;

it the outer end the shaft 29' has a ratchet wheel 30 keyed thereon and is also provided with a crank 31. Arweighted ratchet 32 turns freely on the shaft 13 and engages the teeth 33 of the ratchet wheel 30. lit is evident that the drum 26 may turn by the crank 31 through the gear 27 and the. pinion 28, thus raisingor lowering the paddles 21 so that the ratchet 32 will hold the paddles at any position desired.

The forgings 16 are keyed to the shaft 13,

v and as the motion of the water sways the paddles 21 this shaft is rotated in one direction and the other. lieyed to the shafts 18 are the pulleys 3% which are provided with two grooves in which the belts 35 and 36 run, the belt 35' being direct and the belt 36 crossed, as plainly shown in Fig. 1. The belts and pass to driving pulleys 3'? which are mounted to turn freely on the shaft 38. Carried on the shaft 38 are the clutch pulleys 39. The pulleys are cylindrical but are mounted very slightly eccentrio on the shaft 38, being" keyed thereto. On each of the pulleys 3-7 are three pins 10 upon each of which is mounted a clutch cam 111. These cams have curved lower surfaces adapted to jam againstthe outer surface of the clutch pulleys 39, being held in relation thereto by springs 42. Mounted in the center of the shaft 38 is a drive pulley and fly wheel 43. The shaft 38 is carried in bearings mounted on pedestals .15 which are secured on the beams 10 and 11.

The method ofoperation of my invention is as follows: The paddles 21 being raised until they are just awash and being held in this position by the ratchet 32, the motion of the water 12 sways the paddles 21 back and forth and turns the shaft 13 a portion of a revolution alternately in either direction.

This motion somewhat ma nified is transmitted to the pulleys 37 through the belts 35 and 3G by l'neansof the pulley .34, one of pulleys 37 moving in a reverse direction to the other .due to the crossing of the belt 36. Thus regardless of the direction of the paddle one of the pulleys 37 is always turning in a positive direction. The clutch cams 41 are so shaped that they drive the clutch ulleys 39 only when turned in a positive direction, slipping freely when actuated in the opposite direction. 'The result is that the shaft 38 is actuated by any positive motion of a paddle through the belt 35 and also by any negative motion through the belt 36. The shaft 38 may be indefinitely extended and any number of paddles used, all of them to the positive motion of the contributin s the motion of the-water may shaft 38.

.be greater in one direction than in the other, the size of the pulleys 37 may be different to allow for this.

Particular stress should be laid upon the eccentricity of the pulleys 39 with the shaft 38. The particular function of this eccentricity is to provide for even wear on the earns 41, thus insurin a positive grip thereby over a long perio The reason for this even wear lies in the fact that as the pins 40 are concentric with the shaft 38, the disstructure, a series of paddle shafts carrie in bearings on said structure, paddles se cured to and actuating said shafts, a double grooved pulley secured rigidly to each of said shafts, a drive shaft, a drive pulley on said shaft, a pair of driving pulleys for each of said paddle shafts turning loosely on said drive shaft, and ratchet means for causing said driving pulleys to actuate the drive shaft only when turned in one direction.

2. A wave motor comprising a supporting structure, a series of paddle shafts carried in hearings on said structure, paddles seing pulley, and means for causing said driving pulleys to actuate" said clutch pulleys when turned in one direction only.

3. A wave motor comprisinga supporting structure, a series of paddle shafts carried in hearings on said structure, paddles secured to and actuating said shafts, a double grooved pulley secured rigidly to each of said shafts, a drive shaft, a drive pulley on said shaft, a pair of driving pulleys for each of said paddle shafts turning loosely on said drive shaft, a clutch pulley for each driving pulley, and a series of clutch cams adapted to move said clutch pulleys when said driving pulleys are turned in one direction only.

4. A wave motor comprising a supporting structure, a series of paddle shafts carried in bearings on said structure, paddles secured to and actuating said shafts, a double grooved pulley secured rigidly to each of said shafts, a drive shaft, a drive pulley on said shaft, a pair of driving pulleys for each of said paddle shafts turning loosely on said drive shaft, a clutch pulley for each driving pulley, and a series of clutch cams carried on said driving pulleys and elastically held in contact with said clutch pulley to drive it when said driving pulley is rotated in one direction only.

In testimonylvhereof, I have hereunto set my hand at s Angeles, California, this 28th day of November, 1913.

HANS P. MOLANDER. In presence of FRED A. MANSFIELD,

FpRo W. HARRIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 01' Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

